Postal Auction March 2026 - 368

Bids to be received by Monday 23rd of March 2026 1:00 PM

Lots (2058)

Lot 133
POSTAL HISTORY

WW2 UNDERCOVER ADDRESS - Riverplate House, London. Two censor covers from Peru (roughly opened) & Nicaragua both addressed to River Plate London Committee, River Plate House, London sealed with OPENED BY EXAMINER labels. This was used as an undercover address for South American volunteers serving with British Forces in WW2. Faults. (2).

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 134
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1930 (May 22) Europe Pan America Round Trip Flight, Porto Alegre Brazil to New York on postcard of Port Alegre with Graf Zeppelin 5000r green USA Graf Zeppelin overprint in black, and 300r red defin tied SYNDICATO CONDOR LTD / PORTO ALEGRE 22 / MAI / 30 cancel with violet Europe Pan-American cachet, RECIFE CDS on obverse, mainly fine, Sieger 59 D.

Estimate £ 180.00
Lot 135
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1933 (29th August) Zeppelin Round the world flight 4th Anniversary cachet Yonkers USA tied USA 1½c wavy line cancel violet Aug 29 cachet alongside.

Estimate £ 55.00
Lot 136
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1933 (6 Oct) Typed env Miami to Indianapolis bearing 50c Zepp air tied MIAMI wavy line cancel and GRAF ZEPPELIN / CENTURY OF PROGRESS / EXPOSITION / DISPATCHED FROM MIAMI cachet in violet, light gum tones. Sieger 242B.

Estimate £ 85.00
Lot 137
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1936 (23 March) LZ129 plain cover 100pf tied Friedrichschafen cds sent to Hamburg with red Luftschiff LZ129 / befordert h/s. Typed Mit Luftschiff LZ129 top left.

Estimate £ 48.00
Lot 138
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight plain postcard 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds sent locally with good strike of red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graf Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
Lot 139
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight postal stationery card 5pf uprated with 45pf defins tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds to Frankfurt Main with red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graff Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
Lot 140
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Germany: 1931 Graf Zeppelin July Polar Flight cover bearing 4m sepia tied Freidrichschafen 24.7.31 CDS addr to USA and Polar Flight cachet in red alongside with FIRST INTOURIST / EXPEDITION / ICE-BREAKER MALIGN on reverse in violet and French Brise Glace Malyguin / Artique 27 VI 31 on obverse. Fine and scarce for these, Frost 3) 127-127A ($1800).

Estimate £ 250.00
Lot 141
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Group of four covers (faults) incl LZ129 1936 Frankfurt to New York with 50pf & 75pf Zepp defins (heavily toned) and cachet, 1929 USA round the world flight (torn corner), 1925 postcard of Leipzig tied with special cancel sent philatelically, 1936 Brazil multi franked cvr for LZ129 Hindenburg regd to Germany with Brazil - Europe cachet (faults). (4).

Estimate £ 50.00
Lot 142
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Liechtenstein: 1936 (1 May) Zeppelin plain postcard for Europe - North America flight to New Jersey bearing 10r & 1fr airs tied TRIESENBERG cds, flight cachet and New York arrival on obverse. Sieger 408B.

Estimate £ 50.00
Lot 143
POSTCARDS

Cats: 1940 - 1970 Fantasy kitty cats postcards (8) in nice condition by AFKH illustrators. Unused very fine including "Anthropomorphic cats dancing on the roof ". Nice little set.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 144
POSTCARDS

EUROPE - Early to middle periods well filled shoebox of town and village postmarks for France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Gibraltar Paquebot, Belgium, Cape Colony, GB from EDVII onwards with many nice town CDS's, USA, Germany, 1911 Levant, Palestine etc, for approx 570 different PPCs, lots of greetings, Views, topographical etc.

Estimate £ 250.00

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